DESWeb 2016 workshop aims to bring together researchers in the intersection of Database and the Semantic Web communities, focusing on the application of such technologies in solving data engineering and data management problems in the Web of Data. The Database community has increasingly become interested in the Semantic Web. Given the recent explosion of structured data available on the Web, and the associated challenges with respect to what is commonly referred to as the 3 data V's (Volume, Variety, and Velocity), the two communities form excellent candidates to benefit from their mutual expertise and insights. 

Issues such as storage and management of large datasets and workloads, query processing, SPARQL query optimization, record linkage and semantic disambiguation form a fertile ground for scalable algorithms and methods of data management in the contexts of Big Data and the Web of Data. Furthermore, the application of existing and well-established Data Management techniques on the Semantic Web context can provide valuable insights and give growth to novel research contributions to tackle existing problems. 

DESWeb provides a forum that will bring together the Database and Semantic Web communities, highlighting their common interests and promoting mutual advancement and cross-fertilization.